34 Bible Verses about Beasts

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Isaiah 30:6

The burden of quadrupeds of the south: into the land of straits and distress, the lioness and the lion from them, the viper and the burning flying they will lift up upon the shoulder of young asses, their riches, and upon the humps of camels their treasures, for a people who shall not profit

Daniel 7:11

I was seeing at that time from the voice of the great words that the horn was speaking: I was seeing even till that the beast was killed and its body destroyed, and it was given to the burning fire.

Daniel 7:17

Those great beasts that they are four, four kings they shall rise up from the earth.

Daniel 7:19

Then I willed to speak the truth concerning the fourth beast that was different from all of them, exceedingly fearful, its teeth of iron and its hoofs of brass; eating, beating small, and treading down the remainder with its feet;

Daniel 8:4

And I saw the ram pushing the sea, and north and south; and all the beasts will not stand before him, and none delivering from his hand; and he did according to his will, and increased.

Acts 10:12

In which were all the quadrupeds of the earth, and wild beasts, and creeping things, and the flying things of heaven.

Revelation 4:6-9

And before the throne a sea of glass like crystal: and in the midst of the throne, and round about the throne, four living creatures full of eyes before and behind. And the first living creature like a lion, and the second living creature like a calf, and the third living creature having the face as a man, and the fourth living creature like a spreading eagle. And the four living creatures, one by itself, had six wings together round about; and within full of eyes; and they have no rest day and night, saying, Holy, holy, holy, Lord God, the Omnipotent Ruler, who was, and who being, and who coming.read more.
And when the living creatures shall give glory and honour and thanks to him sitting on the throne, and to him living forever and ever,

Revelation 5:6-14

And I saw, and, behold, in the midst of the throne and of the four living creatures, and in the midst of the elders, a Lamb standing as having been slain, having seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven Spirits of God sent into all the earth. And he came and took the book from the right hand of him sitting upon the throne. And when he took the book, the four living creatures and the twentyfour elders fell before the Lamb, having each harps, and golden bowls full of incenses, which are the prayers of the holy.read more.
And they sing a new song, saying, Worthy art thou to take the book, and to open its seals: for thou wert slain, and didst purchase us to God by thy blood from every tribe, and tongue, and people, and nation; And madest us kings and priests to our God: and we shall reign upon the earth. And I saw, and heard the voice of many angels round about the throne and the living creatures and the elders: and their number was myriads of myriads, and thousands of thousands; Saying with a great voice, Worthy is the Lamb slain to receive power, and riches, and wisdom, and strength, and honour, and glory, and praise. And every creature which is in heaven, and in earth, and under the earth, and upon the sea, which are, and all things in them, heard I saying, To him sitting upon the throne, and to the Lamb, praise, and honour, and glory, and strength, for the times of times. And the four living creatures said, Amen. And the twentyfour elders fell and worshipped him living for the times of times.

Revelation 6:1-7

And I saw when the Lamb opened one of the seals, and I heard one of the four living creatures saying, as the voice of thunder, Come and see. And I saw and behold a white horse: and he sitting upon him having a bow; and a crown was given to him: and he went forth conquering, and that he might conquer. And when he opened the second seal, I heard the second living creature saying, Come and see.read more.
And another horse came forth fiery red: and it was given to him sitting upon him to take peace from the earth, and that they should slaughter one another: and a great sword was given to him. And when he opened the third seal, I heard the third living creature saying, Come and see. And I saw, and behold a black horse, and he sitting upon him having a balance in his hand. And I heard a voice in the midst of the four living creatures saying, A measure of wheat for a drachma, and three measures of barley for a drachma; and thou shouldest not injure the oil and the wine. And when he opened the fourth seal, I heard a voice of the fourth living creature saying, Come and see.

Revelation 7:11

And all the angels stood round about the throne, and the elders and the four living creatures, and they fell before the throne upon their faces, and worshipped God,

Revelation 11:7

And when they should finish their testimony, the wild beast coming up out of the abyss shall wage war with them, and shall conquer them, and kill them.

Revelation 14:3-9

And they sing as a new song before the throne, and before the four living creatures, and the elders: and none could learn the song, except the hundred forty-four thousand, purchased from the earth. There are they who were not contaminated by women; for they are virgins. These are they following the Lamb wherever he should lead. These were purchased from men, first fruits to God and the Lamb. And guile was not found in their mouth: for they are blameless before the throne of God.read more.
And I saw another angel flying in the midst of heaven, having the lasting good news to announce to them dwelling upon the earth, and to every nation, and tribe, and tongue, and people, Saying with a great voice, Fear God, and give glory to him; for the hour of his judgment has come: and worship ye him having made the heaven, and earth, and the sea, and the fountains of waters. And another angel followed, saying, She fell, Babylon fell, the great city, for all nations has she given to drink of the wine of the wrath of her fornication. And the third angel followed them, saying with a great voice, If any worship the wild beast and his image, and receive the stamp upon his forehead, or upon his hand,

Revelation 15:2

And I saw as a sea made of glass mingled with fire: and they conquering from the wild beast, and from his image, and from his stamp, and from the number of his name, standing upon the sea made of glass, having harps of God.

Revelation 16:2-10

And the first went forth, and poured out his vial upon the earth; and a bad and evil sore was upon the men having the stamp of the wild beast, and them worshipping his image. And the second angel poured out his vial into the sea; and it was blood as of a dead body: and every living soul died in the sea. And the third angel poured out his vial into the rivers, and into the fountains of waters; and it was blood.read more.
And I heard the angel of the waters saying, Just, O Lord, art thou, who being, and who was, and who wilt be, for thou didst judge these things. For they poured out the blood of the holy, and of the prophets, and thou didst give them blood to drink i for they are worthy. And I heard another from the altar saying, Yes, O Lord God, the Omnipotent Ruler, true and just thy judgments. And the fourth angel poured out his vial upon the sun; and it was given him to parch up men with fire. And men were parched up with great heat, and they blasphemed the name of God, having power over these blows: and they repented not to give him glory. And the fifth angel poured out his vial upon the throne of the wild beast; and his kingdom was darkened; and they pressed their tongues for pain,

Revelation 19:4-19

And the twenty-four elders and the four living creatures fell and worshipped God sitting upon the throne, saying, Amen; Alleluia. And a voice from the throne came out, saying, Praise our God, all his servants, and they fearing him, also small and great. And I heard as the voice of the vast multitude, and as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of powerful thunders, saying, Alleluia: for the Lord God, the Omnipotent Ruler, reigned.read more.
Let us rejoice, and be transported with joy, and let us give glory to him: for the marriage of the Lamb came, and his wife prepared herself. And it was given her that she put on fine linen, pure and shining: for fine linen is the justification of the holy. And he says to me, Write, Happy they called to the marriage supper of the Lamb. And he says to me, These are the true words of God. And I fell before his feet to worship him. And he says to me, See, not: I am thy fellowservant, and of thy brethren having the testimony of Jesus: worship God: for the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy. And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse; and he sitting upon him called Faithful and True, and in justice he judges and makes war. And his eyes as a flame of fire, and upon his head many diadems; having a name written, which no one knows, except himself. And surrounded with a garment dipped in blood: and his name is called The Word of God. And the armies in heaven followed him upon white horses, clothed in fine linen, white and clean. And out of his mouth went forth a sharp sword, that with it he might strike the nations: and he shall rule them with an iron rod: and he treads the winepress of the wine of the wrath and anger of God, the Omnipotent Ruler. And he has upon the garment and upon his thigh the name written, KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS. And I saw one angel standing in the sun; and he cried with a great voice, saying to all the birds flying in the midst of heaven, Come and gather yourselves to the supper of the great God; That ye might eat the flesh of kings, and the flesh of captains of thousands, and the flesh of the strong, and the flesh of horses, and of them sitting upon them, and the flesh of all, free and servants, and of small and great. And I saw the wild beast, and the kings of the earth, and their armies, gathered together to war with him sitting upon the horse, and with his army.

Revelation 20:4-10

And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given them: and the souls of them beheaded with an axe for the testimony of Jesus, and for the word of God, and who worshipped not the wild beast, nor his image, and took not the stamp upon their foreheads, and upon their hands; and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years. And the rest of the dead returned not again to life even till the thousand years be finished. This the first rising up. Happy and holy he having a part in the first rising up: over these has the second death no power, but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and they shall reign with him a thousand years.read more.
And when the thousand years should be finished, Satan shall be loosed from his prison, And he shall go forth to deceive the nations that in the four corners of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them together for war: whose number as the sand of the sea. And they went up upon the breadth of the earth, and they surrounded the camp of the holy, and the beloved city: and fire came down from God out of heaven, and devoured them. And the devil deceiving them was cast into the lake of fire and sulphur, where are the wild beast and false prophet, and they shall be tortured day and night for ever and ever.

Revelation 6:1-8

And I saw when the Lamb opened one of the seals, and I heard one of the four living creatures saying, as the voice of thunder, Come and see. And I saw and behold a white horse: and he sitting upon him having a bow; and a crown was given to him: and he went forth conquering, and that he might conquer. And when he opened the second seal, I heard the second living creature saying, Come and see.read more.
And another horse came forth fiery red: and it was given to him sitting upon him to take peace from the earth, and that they should slaughter one another: and a great sword was given to him. And when he opened the third seal, I heard the third living creature saying, Come and see. And I saw, and behold a black horse, and he sitting upon him having a balance in his hand. And I heard a voice in the midst of the four living creatures saying, A measure of wheat for a drachma, and three measures of barley for a drachma; and thou shouldest not injure the oil and the wine. And when he opened the fourth seal, I heard a voice of the fourth living creature saying, Come and see. And I saw, and behold a pale horse: and he sitting above him the name to him Death, and Hades follows with him. And power was given to them to kill upon the fourth of the earth, with sword, and by famine, and by death, and by wild beasts of the earth.

Revelation 14:3

And they sing as a new song before the throne, and before the four living creatures, and the elders: and none could learn the song, except the hundred forty-four thousand, purchased from the earth.

Revelation 15:7

And one of the four living creatures gave the seven angels seven golden bowls full of the wrath of God, living forever and ever.

Isaiah 27:1

In that day Jehovah will review with his hard and great and strong sword upon leviathan the serpent fleeing, and upon leviathan the winding serpent; and he killed the dragon which was in the sea.

Job 40:15-24

Behold now, the great beast which I made with thee; he will eat grass as an ox. Behold now, his strength in his loins, and his power in the sinews of his belly. He will bend his tail as a cedar; the sinews of his thighs will be woven together.read more.
His bones tubes of brass; his bones as a hammered bar of iron. He the chief of the ways of God: he making him, his sword will reach. For the mountains shall lift up produce for him, and all the beasts of the field shall play there. He will lie down under the shades, in the covering of the reed and marsh. The shades shall cover him with their shadow; the willows of the torrent shall surround him. Behold, he will oppress a river, and he will not spring up: he will trust that Jordan burst forth into his mouth. He will take it with his eyes: his nose will pierce through snares.

Leviticus 11:3

All cleaving the cloven hoof, and splitting, split the cloven hoof, and lifting up rumination among the cattle, ye shall eat it

Jeremiah 12:4

How long shall the land mourn, and the herbage of every field dry up from the evil of those dwelling in it the earth perished, and the birds; for they said, He shall not see our last Part

Genesis 7:2-3

From all clean cattle thou shalt take to thee seven; seven male and female; and from cattle which are not clean, this two, male and female. Also of birds of the heavens, seven: seven male and female, to preserve alive seed upon the face of all the earth.

Psalm 50:11

I knew all the birds of the mountains and the moving things of the field with me.

Leviticus 26:22

And I sent upon you the beast of the field, and it bereaved you of children, and cut off your cattle, and, diminished you, and your ways were laid waste.

Job 12:7-8

But ask now the beasts and they shall teach thee; and the birds of the heavens, and they shall announce to thee: Or speak to the earth and it shall teach thee; and the fishes of the sea shall recount to thee.

Job 37:8

And the beast shall go into the covert, and shall dwell in its habitation.

Job 35:11

And who teacheth us from the cattle of the earth, and he will make us wise above the birds of the heavens?

From Thematic Bible


Beasts » Often used as instruments of punishment

Deuteronomy 32:24

Exhausted with hunger, consumed with burning, And bitter destruction: And I will send upon them the tooth of beasts, With the wrath of those crawlers of the dust

Leviticus 26:22

And I sent upon you the beast of the field, and it bereaved you of children, and cut off your cattle, and, diminished you, and your ways were laid waste.

Ezekiel 5:17

And I sent upon you famine and the evil beast, and it bereaved thee; and death and blood shall pass through thee; and I will bring the sword upon thee. I Jehovah spake.

Jeremiah 15:3

And I reviewed over them four kinds, says Jehovah: the sword to kill, and dogs to tear in pieces, and the birds of the heavens, and the beasts of the earth, to consume and destroy.

Beasts » Subjection of

James 3:7

For every nature of beasts, and also of birds, of creeping things, and also of things in the sea, is tamed, and has been tamed by the nature of man:

Genesis 9:2

And the fear of you, and the dread of you, shall be upon every living thing of the earth, and upon every bird of the heavens, upon every thing which shall creep along the earth and upon all the fishes of the sea; into your hand they were given.

Psalm 8:6

And thou wilt give him dominion over the works of thy hands; thou didst put all under his feet:

Hebrews 2:8

All things didst thou place under his feet. For in placing all things under him, thou didst leave nothing not subjected to him. And now we see not yet all things placed under him.

Beasts » Not to be eaten alive or with blood

Deuteronomy 12:16

Only the blood thou shalt not eat: upon the earth ye shall pour it as water.

Deuteronomy 12:23

Only be striving not to eat the blood, for the blood it is the soul; and thou. shalt not eat the soul with the flesh.

Beasts » Often cut off for the sins of men

Exodus 11:5

And every first-born in the land of Egypt shall die, from the first-born of Pharaoh sitting upon his throne, even to the first-born of the maid which is behind the two mill-stones; and every first-born of quadruped.

Genesis 6:7

And Jehovah will say, I will wipe out man whom I formed from above the face of the earth; from man even to cattle, even to the creeping thing and even to the birds of the heavens; and I was grieved that I made them.

Genesis 7:23

And every living thing shall be wiped off which upon the face of the earth, from man even to cattle, even to the creeping thing, and even to the birds of the heavens; and they shall be wiped out from the earth, and Noah only shall remain and they which with him in the ark.

Hosea 4:3

For this the land shall mourn, and every one in it languished with the beasts of the field and with the fowls of the heavens; and also the fish of the sea shall be taken away.

Beasts » That died naturally or were torn, not to be eaten

Exodus 22:31

And ye shall be holy men to me, and ye shall not eat flesh torn in pieces in the field; ye shall cast it to the dog.

Leviticus 17:15

And every soul which shall eat a carcass and torn in pieces among the native or the stranger, and he washed his garments and washed in water, and was unclean till the evening: and he was clean.

Beasts » Illustrative of » Persecutors

2 Timothy 4:17

But the Lord stood with me, and strengthened me; that by me the promulgation might be rendered perfectly certain, and all the nations might hear: and I was delivered out of the lion's mouth.

Beasts » Unclean » Not eaten

Leviticus 11:4-8

But this ye shall not eat: from them bringing up rumination, and from them cleaving the cloven hoof; the camel, for it bringing up rumination, and cleaving not its cloven hoof; it is unclean to you. The coney, for this bringing up rumination, and will not cleave the cloven hoof; it is unclean to you. And the hare, for this bringing up rumination, and cleaving not the cloven hoof; it is unclean to you. read more.
And the swine, for this cleaving the cloven hoof and dividing, divided the cloven hoof, and it will not excite rumination; it is unclean to you. From their flesh ye shall not eat, and upon their carcass ye shall not touch; they are unclean to you.

Deuteronomy 1:7-8

Turn ye and remove for yourselves, and go to the mountain of the Amorite, and to all his neighbors in the sterile region, in the mountain, and in the low country, and in the south and in the coast of the sea, the land of the Canaanites and of Lebanon to the great river, the river Phrath See, I gave the land before you: go in and possess the land which Jehovah sware to your fathers, to Abraham to Isaak and to Jacob, to give to them and to their seed after them.

Beasts » Clean » Sheep

Deuteronomy 7:13

And he loved thee and blessed thee, and multiplied thee: and he blest the fruit of thy womb, and the fruit of thy land, thy grain and thy new wine and thy new oil, and the young of thy cows and thy flocks of sheep, upon the land which he sware to thy fathers to give to thee.

Deuteronomy 14:4

These the cattle which thou shalt eat: the ox, the sheep of the lambs, and the sheep of the goats,

Beasts » Clean » Used for food

Leviticus 11:2

Speak. to the sons of Israel, saying These the beasts which ye shall eat from all the cattle which are upon the earth.

Deuteronomy 12:15

Only in all the desire of thy soul thou shalt sacrifice and eat flesh according to the blessing of Jehovah thy God which he gave to thee in all thy gates: the unclean and the clean shall eat it, as the roe and as the stag.

Beasts » Clean and unclean

Deuteronomy 14:3-20

Thou shalt not eat any abomination. These the cattle which thou shalt eat: the ox, the sheep of the lambs, and the sheep of the goats, The stag, and the roe, and the fallow-deer, and the roe-buck, and the antelope, and the mountain goat, and the gazelle. read more.
And an cattle cleaving the hoof and dividing the cleft into two hoofs, bringing up rumination among the cattle, ye shall eat it. But this ye shall not eat, from those bringing up rumination, or from those cleaving the hoof of the cleft: the camel and the hare, and the coney; for they bringing up rumination and cleaving not the hoofs; they are unclean to you. And the swine, because it cleaves the hoof, and not ruminating, it is unclean to you: from their flesh ye shall not eat, and upon their carcass ye shall not touch. This shall ye eat from all which is in the waters: all which to it are fins and scales, ye shall eat: And every thing which to it are not fins and scales, ye shall not eat; it is unclean to you. All clean birds ye shall eat And this which ye shall not eat from them: the eagle, and the ossifrage, and the sea eagle, And the vulture, and the kite, and the falcon according to its kind, And every raven according to his kind, And the daughter of the ostrich, and the night-hawk, and the sea-gull, and the hawk after his kind, The cormorant, and the ibis and the heron, And the pelican, and the carrion vulture, and the gannet, And the stork, and the sand-piper, according to her kind; the hoopoe and the bat And every creeping thing flying it is unclean to you; they shall not be eaten. Every clean flying thing ye shall eat

Beasts » Illustrative of » AntiChrist

Revelation 20:4

And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given them: and the souls of them beheaded with an axe for the testimony of Jesus, and for the word of God, and who worshipped not the wild beast, nor his image, and took not the stamp upon their foreheads, and upon their hands; and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years.

Revelation 13:2

And the wild beast which I saw was like a panther, and his feet as of a bear, and his mouth as the mouth of a lion: and the dragon gave him his power, and his throne, and great authority.

Beasts » Domestic » Not to be cruelly used

Numbers 22:27-32

And the ass will see the messenger of Jehovah and she will lie down under Balaam: and Balaam's anger will kindle, and he will strike the ass With a rod. And Jehovah will open the mouth of the ass, and she will say to Balaam, What did I to thee that thou hast smitten me this three beats? And Balaam will say to the ass, Because thou didst vex me: would that a sword was in my hand, for now I had killed thee. read more.
And the ass will say to Balaam, Am not I thine ass which thou didst ride upon me ever since thou wert till this day? and being accustomed, was I accustomed to do to thee thus? And he will say, No. And Jehovah will uncover the the eyes of Balsam, and he will see the messenger of Jehovah standing in the way, and his sword drawn in his hand; and he will bow down and worship upon his face. And the messenger of Jehovah will say to him, For what didst thou strike thine ass this three beats? behold, I came forth for an adversary, for the way is perverse before me.

Beasts » Domestic » To be taken care of

Leviticus 25:7

And to thy cattle, and to the beast which is in thy land shall all its produce be for food.

Beasts » Unclean » Hare

Leviticus 11:6

And the hare, for this bringing up rumination, and cleaving not the cloven hoof; it is unclean to you.

Deuteronomy 14:7

But this ye shall not eat, from those bringing up rumination, or from those cleaving the hoof of the cleft: the camel and the hare, and the coney; for they bringing up rumination and cleaving not the hoofs; they are unclean to you.

Beasts » Unclean » Fox

Psalm 63:10

They shall deliver to the hands of the sword; they shall be a portion of foxes.

Song of Songs 2:5

Sustain me with cakes, and refresh me with apples, for I am pierced of love.

Beasts » Clean » How distinguished

Leviticus 11:3

All cleaving the cloven hoof, and splitting, split the cloven hoof, and lifting up rumination among the cattle, ye shall eat it

Deuteronomy 14:6

And an cattle cleaving the hoof and dividing the cleft into two hoofs, bringing up rumination among the cattle, ye shall eat it.

Beasts » Exposure to wild

Daniel 6:16

At that time the king said, and they brought Daniel and cast into the den of the lions; the king answered and said to Daniel, Thy God whom thou servest to him continually, he will set thee free.

Beasts » Clean » Roebuck

Deuteronomy 14:5

The stag, and the roe, and the fallow-deer, and the roe-buck, and the antelope, and the mountain goat, and the gazelle.

2 Samuel 2:18

And there will be there three sons of Zeruiah, Joab and Abishai, and Asahel: and Asahel was swift in his feet as one of the roes which are in the field.

Beasts » Domestic » To enjoy the sabbath

Exodus 20:10

And the seventh day the Sabbath to Jehovah thy God: thou shall do no service, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, thy servant, and thy maid, and thy cattle, and thy stranger which is in thy gates.

Deuteronomy 5:14

And the seventh day, the Sabbath to Jehovah thy God: thou shalt not do any work, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy servant, and thy maid, and thine ox, and thine ass, and all thy cattle, and thy stranger who is in thy gates; so that thy servant and thy maid shall rest like thyself.

Beasts » Clean » Ox

Deuteronomy 14:4

These the cattle which thou shalt eat: the ox, the sheep of the lambs, and the sheep of the goats,

Exodus 21:28

And if an ox shall push (with the horns) a man or a woman, and he died; stoning, the ox shall be stoned, and he shall not eat his flesh; and the lord of the ox being innocent

Beasts » Unclean » Camel

Leviticus 11:4

But this ye shall not eat: from them bringing up rumination, and from them cleaving the cloven hoof; the camel, for it bringing up rumination, and cleaving not its cloven hoof; it is unclean to you.

Genesis 24:64

And Rebekah will lift up her eyes, and see Isaak; and she will descend from the camel.

Beasts » Unclean » Mouse

Isaiah 66:17

They consecrating themselves and cleansing themselves in the gardens, behind one in the midst, eating swine's flesh, and the abomination, and the mouse; together shall they perish, says Jehovah

Leviticus 11:29

This being unclean to you among the creeping, creeping upon the earth; the weasel, and the mouse, and the lizard according to its kind;

Beasts » Unclean » Mule

2 Samuel 13:29

And Absalom's boys will do to Amnon as Absalom commanded. And all the king's sons will rise up and ride each upon his mule and flee.

1 Kings 10:25

And they were bringing each his gifts, vessels of silver and vessels of gold, and garments and weapons and spices, horses, and mules, the word of a year in a year.

Beasts » Unclean » Coney

Leviticus 11:5

The coney, for this bringing up rumination, and will not cleave the cloven hoof; it is unclean to you.

Psalm 104:18

The high mountains for the wild goats; the rocks a refuge for the conies.

Beasts » Unclean » Mole

Leviticus 11:30

The shrew mouse, and the chameleon, and the salamander, and the snail and the mole.

Isaiah 2:20

In that day man shall cast the nothings of his silver and the nothings of his gold which they made for him to worship, to the digging of moles and to bats.

Beasts » Unclean » Swine

Leviticus 11:7

And the swine, for this cleaving the cloven hoof and dividing, divided the cloven hoof, and it will not excite rumination; it is unclean to you.

Isaiah 66:17

They consecrating themselves and cleansing themselves in the gardens, behind one in the midst, eating swine's flesh, and the abomination, and the mouse; together shall they perish, says Jehovah

Beasts » Many kinds of, noisome and destructive

Ezekiel 5:17

And I sent upon you famine and the evil beast, and it bereaved thee; and death and blood shall pass through thee; and I will bring the sword upon thee. I Jehovah spake.

Leviticus 26:6

And I gave peace in the land and ye lay down and not being terrified: and I caused the evil beast to cease out of the land, and the sword shall not pass through in your land.

Beasts » Illustrative of » People of different nations

Daniel 4:12

Its foliage beautiful, and its fruit great, and food for all in it: and the beasts of the open field will be shaded under it, the buds of the heavens will dwell in its boughs, and all flesh will be nourished from it

Daniel 4:21-22

And its foliage beautiful, and its fruit great, and food for all in it; under it the beast of the open field will dwell, and in its branches the birds of the heavens will dwell: It is thou, O king, who increased and wert strong: and thy greatness increased and reached to the heavens, and thy dominion to the end of the earth.

Beasts » Found in » Fields

Deuteronomy 7:22

And Jehovah thy God cast out. these nations from thy face, little, little; thou shalt not be able to finish them quickly lest the beast of the field shall multiply upon thee.

Joel 2:22

Ye shall not fear, ye beasts of the field, for the pastures of the desert sprang forth, for the tree bore its fruit, the fig tree and the vine gave their strength.

Beasts » Many kinds of, domestic

Genesis 36:6

And Esau will take his wives, and his sons and his daughters and all the souls of his house, and his cattle and all his quadrupeds, and all his acquisition which he acquired in the land of Canaan; and he will go to the land from the face of Jacob his brother.

Genesis 45:17

And Pharaoh will say to Joseph, Say to thy brethren, This do ye: your cattle and come, go to the land of Canaan,

Beasts » Subjects of God's care

Psalm 104:10-11

Sending forth fountains into the valleys, they will go between the mountains. They shall water all the beasts of the field: the wild asses shall break their thirst.

Beasts » Unclean » Badger

Exodus 25:5

And skins of rams made red, and tahash skins, and acacia wood;

Ezekiel 16:10

And I will clothe thee with variegations, and shoe thee with tahash, and I will bind thee round with fine linen, and cover thee with silk.

Beasts » Unclean » Ass

Genesis 22:3

And Abraham will rise early in the morning, and will saddle his ass, and will take two of his boys with him, and Isaak his son, and he will cleave the wood for the burnt offering, and will rise up and go to the place God spake to him.

Matthew 21:2

Go ye into the town opposite to us, and quickly shall ye find an ass bound, and a colt with her; having loosed, bring to me.

Beasts » Clean » Hart

Deuteronomy 14:5

The stag, and the roe, and the fallow-deer, and the roe-buck, and the antelope, and the mountain goat, and the gazelle.

Job 39:1

Knewest thou the time of the bringing forth of the wild goats of the rock? and wilt thou watch the bearing of the hinds?

Beasts » Power over, given to man

Beasts » Created by God

Genesis 1:24

And God will say, the earth shall bring forth the living soul according to its kind, cattle and creeping things, and living things of the earth after its kind: and it shall be so.

Genesis 2:19

And Jehovah God will form out of the earth every living thing of the field, and all the birds of the heavens, and he will bring in to the man to see what he will call to it; and all which the man will call it to the living soul, that its name.

Beasts » Unclean » Dromedary

1 Kings 4:28

And the barley and the straw for horses, and for coursers, they will bring to the place where a man will be there according to his judgment

Esther 8:10

And he will write in the name of the king Ahasuerus, and seal with the king's signet ring; and he will send letters by the hand of runners on horses riding the courser, the mules, sons of mares:

Beasts » Unclean » Wolf

John 10:12

But the hired one, and not being the shepherd, whose own the sheep are not, sees the wolf coming, and he leaves the sheep, and flees: and the wolf plunders them, and scatters the sheep.

Genesis 49:27

Benjamin, a Wolf, tearing in pieces; in the morning will he eat the prey, and at evening he will divide the prey.

Beasts » Illustrative of » UnGodly professors

2 Peter 2:12

But these, as natural irrational living creatures, having been for catching and destroying, defaming in what things they are ignorant of; and shall be destroyed in their corruption;

Jude 1:10

And these truly what things they know not they defame: and what things naturally, as irrational animals, they know, in these they corrupt themselves.

Beasts » Illustrative of » The wicked

Psalm 49:20

Man in honor shall not understand; being like as the beasts, they perished.

Beasts » Illustrative of » Kingdoms

Daniel 7:11

I was seeing at that time from the voice of the great words that the horn was speaking: I was seeing even till that the beast was killed and its body destroyed, and it was given to the burning fire.

Daniel 8:4

And I saw the ram pushing the sea, and north and south; and all the beasts will not stand before him, and none delivering from his hand; and he did according to his will, and increased.

Beasts » Described as » Devoid of understanding

Psalm 32:9

Ye shall not be as the horse, as the mule, not understanding: with bit and curb to stop his youth, not drawing near to thee.

Psalm 73:22

And I stupid, and I shall not know, and I was a beast with thee.

Beasts » Unclean » Dog

Exodus 22:31

And ye shall be holy men to me, and ye shall not eat flesh torn in pieces in the field; ye shall cast it to the dog.

Luke 16:2

And having called him, he said to him, What is this I hear of thee give back the word of thy stewardship; for thou canst no more be steward.

Beasts » Supply clothing to man

Job 31:20

If his loins did not praise me, and he will be warmed from the fleece of my sheep

Beasts » Described as » By nature wild, &c

Psalm 50:11

I knew all the birds of the mountains and the moving things of the field with me.

Beasts » Found in » Forests

Isaiah 56:9

All ye beasts of the fields, come ye to eat; all ye beasts in the forest

Micah 5:8

And the remnant of Jacob was among the nations in the midst of many peoples as a lion among the beasts of the forest, as a young lion among the flocks of sheep: who, if he passed through, and he trod down and pulled in pieces, and none delivering.

Beasts » Frequently suffered on account of the sins of men

Joel 1:18

How the beasts groaned! the herds of oxen wept, for no pasture to them; also the flocks of sheep were laid waste.

Joel 1:20

Also the beasts of the field will look up to thee: for the channels of waters were dried up, and the fire devoured the habitations of the desert.

Beasts » Man by nature no better than

Ecclesiastes 3:18-19

I said in my heart concerning the speeches of the sons of man, for God to separate them, and for them to see that they are cattle to themselves. For the event of the sons of man, and the event of the cattle, one event to them: as this, so dies this; and the breath of one to all; and the preeminence of man not above the cattle: for all is vanity.

Beasts » Habitations of » Dens and caves

Job 37:8

And the beast shall go into the covert, and shall dwell in its habitation.

Job 38:40

For they will sink down in the dwellings; they will dwell in the thicket to lie in wait

Beasts » Unclean » Wild ass

Job 6:5

Shall the wild ass bray at grass? if the ox will low over his provender?

Job 39:5-8

Who sent the wild ass free? and who opened the bonds of the wild ass? To whom did I set the desert his house, and the salt land his dwellings? He will laugh at the multitude of the city; he will not hear the noise of him driving. read more.
The searching out of the mountains his pasture, and he will seek after every green thing.

Beasts » Unclean » Leopard

Song of Songs 4:8

Thou shalt come with me from Lebanon, O bride, with me from Lebanon: thou shalt go round about from the head of faith, from the head of Shenir and Hermon, from the dwellings of lions, from the mountains of panthers.

Beasts » Found in » Mountains

Song of Songs 4:8

Thou shalt come with me from Lebanon, O bride, with me from Lebanon: thou shalt go round about from the head of faith, from the head of Shenir and Hermon, from the dwellings of lions, from the mountains of panthers.

Beasts » Differ in flesh from birds and fishes

1 Corinthians 15:39

Not all flesh the same flesh: but one truly flesh of men, and another of cattle, and another of fishes, and another of flying things.

Beasts » Clean » Fallow deer

Deuteronomy 14:5

The stag, and the roe, and the fallow-deer, and the roe-buck, and the antelope, and the mountain goat, and the gazelle.

Beasts » Clean » Wild goat

Deuteronomy 14:5

The stag, and the roe, and the fallow-deer, and the roe-buck, and the antelope, and the mountain goat, and the gazelle.

Beasts » Clean » Chamois

Deuteronomy 14:5

The stag, and the roe, and the fallow-deer, and the roe-buck, and the antelope, and the mountain goat, and the gazelle.

Beasts » Clean » Pygarg

Deuteronomy 14:5

The stag, and the roe, and the fallow-deer, and the roe-buck, and the antelope, and the mountain goat, and the gazelle.

Beasts » Clean » Wild ox

Deuteronomy 14:5

The stag, and the roe, and the fallow-deer, and the roe-buck, and the antelope, and the mountain goat, and the gazelle.

Beasts » Clean » Goat

Deuteronomy 14:4

These the cattle which thou shalt eat: the ox, the sheep of the lambs, and the sheep of the goats,

Beasts » No likeness of, to be worshipped

Deuteronomy 4:17

The model of any cattle that is upon the earth, the model of any winged bird that shall fly in the heavens,

Beasts » Habitations of » Deserted cities

Isaiah 13:21-22

And inhabitants of the desert reclined there, and their houses were filled with howlings, and the daughters of the ostrich dwelt there, and he goats shall leap there. And howlers cried out in its palaces, and great serpents in the temples of delight: and her time draws near to come, and her days shall not be protracted.

Beasts » Unclean » Not offered in sacrifice

Leviticus 27:11

And if any unclean cattle which they. shall not bring near from it an offering to Jehovah, and he made the quadruped to stand before the priest

Beasts » Unclean » Weasel

Leviticus 11:29

This being unclean to you among the creeping, creeping upon the earth; the weasel, and the mouse, and the lizard according to its kind;

Beasts » Unclean » Ferret

Leviticus 11:30

The shrew mouse, and the chameleon, and the salamander, and the snail and the mole.

Beasts » Unclean » How distinguished

Leviticus 11:26

For all cattle of which it is cleaving the cloven foot and not splitting the cleft, and not bringing up rumination, they are unclean to you; every one touching upon them shall be unclean.

Beasts » Received their names from adam

Genesis 2:19-20

And Jehovah God will form out of the earth every living thing of the field, and all the birds of the heavens, and he will bring in to the man to see what he will call to it; and all which the man will call it to the living soul, that its name. And the man will call the names to all the cattle, and to the birds of the heavens, and to every living thing of the field; but to the man was not found a help as before him.

Beasts » Described as » Devoid of immortality

Psalm 49:12-15

And man shall not abide in honor, being like as the beasts they perished. This their way folly to them: and those after them will delight in their mouth. Silence. As sheep they were laid in hades; death shall rule over them, and the upright shall come down upon them in the morning; and their rock for falling away in hades from a dwelling to him. read more.
But God will redeem my soul from the hand of hades, for he will receive me. Silence.

Beasts » Unclean » Caused uncleanness when dead

Leviticus 5:2

Or when a soul shall touch upon any unclean thing, if upon a carcase of an unclean beast, or upon the carcase of unclean cattle, or upon the carcase of an unclean creeping thing, and it was hidden from him: and he is unclean and guilty.

Beasts » Unclean » First-born of, redeemed

Numbers 18:15

Every thing cleaving the womb for all flesh, which they shall bring to Jehovah, in man or in cattle, shall be to thee: but redeeming, thou shalt redeem the first-born of man, and the firstborn of unclean cattle thou shalt redeem.

Beasts » Unclean » Unicorn

Beasts » Unclean » Bear

2 Samuel 17:8

And Hushai will say, Thou knewest thy father and his men that they are mighty, and they bitter of soul as a bear bereaved of offspring in the field: and thy father a man of war, and he will not lodge with the people.

Beasts » Unclean » Lion

Judges 14:5-6

And Samson will go down, and his father and his mother, to Timnath, and they will come even to the vineyards of Timnath: and behold, a young lion roared at his meeting. And the spirit of Jehovah will fall suddenly upon him, and he will rend him as rending a kid, and nothing whatever in his hand: and he announced not to his father and to his mother what he did.

Beasts » Unclean » Ape

1 Kings 10:22

for a ship of Tharshish to the king in the sea with the ship of Hiram: one for three years will come, a ship of Tharshish lifting up gold and silver and ivory and apes and peacocks.

Beasts » Clean » First born of, not redeemed

Numbers 18:17

But the first-born of a cow, or the first-born of a sheep, or the first-born of a goat, thou shalt not redeem; they are holy: their blood shalt thou pour out upon the altar, and their fat thou shalt burn a sacrifice for an odor of sweetness to Jehovah.

Beasts » Creation of, exhibits God's power

Jeremiah 27:5

I made the earth, the man and the cattle which are upon the face of the earth, by my great power and by mine arm stretched forth, and I gave it to whom was right in mine eyes.

Beasts » Described as » Devoid of speech

2 Peter 2:16

And he had reprehension for his own iniquity: the dumb ass speaking in man's voice impeded the insanity of the prophet.

Beasts » Unclean » Horse

Job 39:19-25

Wilt thou give strength to the horse? wilt thou clothe his neck with thunder? Wilt thou cause him to tremble as the locust? the glory of his snorting is terror. They will dig in the valley, and he will rejoice in strength: he will go forth to the meeting of the weapon. read more.
He will laugh at fear, and he will not be dismayed; and he will not turn back from the face of the sword. The quiver will give forth a whizzing against him, the flame of the spear and the javelin. With leaping and rage he will swallow the earth; and he will not believe that it is the voice of the trumpet He will say according to the multitude of the trumpet, Aha! and he will smell the battle from far off, the thunder of the chiefs, and the war cry.

Beasts » Found in » Deserts

Isaiah 13:21

And inhabitants of the desert reclined there, and their houses were filled with howlings, and the daughters of the ostrich dwelt there, and he goats shall leap there.

Beasts » Clean » Used for sacrifice

Beasts » Herb of the field given to, for food

Genesis 1:30

And to every living thing of the earth, and to all the birds of the heavens and to every thing creeping upon the earth, in which is a living soul, every green herb for food: and it shall be so.

Beasts » Made for the praise and glory of God

Psalm 148:10

The beast and all cattle; the creeping thing, and the bird of wing:

Beasts » History of, written by solomon

1 Kings 4:33

And he will speak concerning the woods, from the cedar which is in Lebanon, even to the hyssop which went forth on the wall: and he will speak upon the cattle, and upon the birds, and upon the creeping things, and upon the fishes.

Beasts » Habitations of » Under spreading trees

Daniel 4:12

Its foliage beautiful, and its fruit great, and food for all in it: and the beasts of the open field will be shaded under it, the buds of the heavens will dwell in its boughs, and all flesh will be nourished from it

Beasts » Representations of, worshipped by the heathen

Romans 1:23

And they changed the glory of the incorruptible God into the likeness of an image of corruptible man, and of flying things, and of creeping things, and of quadrupeds.

Beasts » Early distinguished into clean and unclean

Genesis 7:2

From all clean cattle thou shalt take to thee seven; seven male and female; and from cattle which are not clean, this two, male and female.

Beasts » Given to man for food after the flood

Beasts » Instinctively fear man

Genesis 9:2

And the fear of you, and the dread of you, shall be upon every living thing of the earth, and upon every bird of the heavens, upon every thing which shall creep along the earth and upon all the fishes of the sea; into your hand they were given.

Beasts » The property of God

Beasts » Described as » Possessed of instinct

Beasts » Described as » Being four-footed

Acts 10:12

In which were all the quadrupeds of the earth, and wild beasts, and creeping things, and the flying things of heaven.

Beasts » Liable to diseases

Exodus 9:3

Behold, the hand of Jehovah is upon thy cattle which are in the field; upon the horses, upon the asses, upon the camels, upon the oxen and upon the sheep: death exceedingly heavy.

Beasts » Described as » Capable of being tamed

James 3:7

For every nature of beasts, and also of birds, of creeping things, and also of things in the sea, is tamed, and has been tamed by the nature of man:

Beasts » Unclean » Behemoth

Job 40:15

Behold now, the great beast which I made with thee; he will eat grass as an ox.

Beasts » Lessons of wisdom to be learned from

Job 12:7

But ask now the beasts and they shall teach thee; and the birds of the heavens, and they shall announce to thee:

Wicked, the, are compared to » Beasts

2 Peter 2:12

But these, as natural irrational living creatures, having been for catching and destroying, defaming in what things they are ignorant of; and shall be destroyed in their corruption;

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Four Beasts Of Daniel

Daniel 7:4

The first as a lion, and the wings of an eagle to it; I was seeing even till its wings were plucked, and it was lifted up from the earth, and upon its feet it was caused to stand as a man, and a man's heart was given to it.

Wild Beasts Subdued

Job 5:22

At desolation and at hunger thou shalt laugh, and from the beasts of the earth thou shalt not fear.

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